Innovision Research&technology Share Discussion Threads

[britishbear] 25/3/2007 21:00

Agreed, Ole has simply posted the ramblings of a drunken man.

Imagine someone like that taking over the company.

Delusional.

[philjeans] 25/3/2007 18:00

So ole2; time to buy or sell?

Not clear from your post.

[ole2] 25/3/2007 17:20

I bought into this company 18 months ago with the knowledge of inside information. I personally wouldn't of touched this company with a barge pole had it not been for this so called information( not naming any names). This share is dog s*@t there will be news in 2 weeks; if I buy in again I will probably have to announce a formal take over bid. My two other companies I invested in were WS Atkins investment x8 and easy jet more than doubled my investment. Someone is going to get hurt.......

[garth] 23/3/2007 09:52

Handycam,

Can you elaborate? Hefty markdown at the off on no news.....

G.

[handycam] 22/3/2007 16:43

They have it all to do.

[garth] 14/3/2007 06:15

Some issues with Jewel chip not fully meeting certain standards in the recent London ITSO-Oyster compatibility trials. Relevant documents on the DfT website. May be minor and may be resolved by now?

Have we heard any more about those additional new contracts needed to secure the company's short and medium term future?

No position here at present having sold to put further funds into SMRT which still looks a play on the sector with clearer visibility, IMO.

That said, does anyone have a link to a broker note for INN with well substantiated forecasts?

Genuinely interested but continue to be spooked by management's ghost-town approach to updating shareholders.....

IMO only.

G.

[katylied] 10/2/2007 09:36

CSR getting ever more deeply involved with mobile technology.

[benson] 19/1/2007 14:29

Breaking out perhaps.

[chicken charlie] 15/1/2007 12:56

thanks Buzzzzzzzz

[buzzzzzzzz] 15/1/2007 07:56

Bombers is now Buzzzzzzzz as per my ID on iii.

[benson] 14/1/2007 13:10

Chart breakout.

[mikey_b] 12/1/2007 11:08

Thanks Katy.

[katylied] 12/1/2007 10:48

Probably a combination of several things, like failure to win new consultancy contracts as quickly as expected, failure to kick-off flag-ship single-use mass-transport NFC (jewel chip) ticket sales in 2006... but perhaps most of all... the fact that Andrew White (joint founder of the company) quit and was probably dumping his rather large share-holding throughout 2006. That was later followed by another significant director resignation, but it was probably AW who did the share price damage...

During this period, INN underwent a major reorganisation and moved to a new premises. They appear now to be a bigger company and rather more focused on RFID/NFC silicon development and consultancy than ever before. It has long been assumed that the large development contract that was announced in 2006, is with CSR. If so, easily their most significant customer to date...

[mikey_b] 11/1/2007 15:53

Apologies for wacky question but, were any of you around when the share price did the 128p => 85p (approx) fall which lead into the decline. What was the reason behind that?

thanks, mikey.

[buzzzzzzzz] 11/1/2007 15:51

Bombers is now Buzzzzzzzz as per my ID on iii.


Looks like overhang has finally gone.....looking good!

[garth] 11/1/2007 09:22

No-one has yet made any comment about this. Any views on the impact on INN?


THE WORLD'S RFID AUTHORITY

NXP, Sony Partner to Make Chip for NFC Apps

This joint venture will promote adoption of near-field communication technology-especially in Asia and Europe.


By Mary Catherine O'Connor

Nov. 22, 2006-Chipmakers NXP Semiconductors and Sony have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a joint venture that will develop, manufacture and market an integrated circuit (IC) combining NXP's Mifare technology and Sony's FeliCa platform on a single chip.

Mifare and FeliCa are competing contactless smart-card technology platforms comprising the IC, air-interface protocol and security and third-party applications necessary to enable contactless payments. The Mifare and FeliCa platforms can be incorporated in smart cards, such as the Oyster card, used for making fare payments in London's Underground subway, or Hong Kong's Octopus mass-transit card. They can also be built into mobile phones, in which a Mifare or FeliCa chip and applications process electronic payments by turning a phone into an electronic wallet. While Mifare and FeliCa enable contactless payments, they do so only in closed systems where users add value to their accounts, rather than by linking the devices directly to credit or debit accounts.



Francesco Prato
Through this joint venture, Sony and NXP are collaborating to support and encourage the adoption of near-field communication (NFC) applications. NFC enables mobile devices to be used for contactless-payment applications linked to credit or debit cards.

The NFC protocol describes how RFID-enabled devices can send and receive data across a distance of a few centimeters. Based on high-frequency (13.56 MHz) technology, the NFC protocol is compliant with the ISO 14443 HF air-interface standard and supports the Mifare and FeliCa protocols, which also communicate at 13.56 MHz. Currently, however, the security applications needed to protect the data transmitted while making an electronic payment over the NFC protocol reside on a separate IC, such as a FeliCa or Mifare chip, inside the NFC-enabled device. Contactless-payment applications using FeliCa technology are widespread in parts of Asia, while contactless payment apps using the Mifare platform are common in Europe. By developing an IC that combines both technologies, makers of cell phones and other NFC-enabled devices will be able to sell their products in areas where security applications run on either platform.

The combined chip will store the applications needed to process electronic payments. Without it, a manufacturer would need to embed separate Mifare and FeliCa chips into a device, with both linked to an NFC chip, to make the device usable on both continents. This would drive up the cost and complexity of the devices. The combined chip will also support third-party applications such as the over-the-air payment initialization application developed by Giesecke & Devrient to enable consumers to link their NFC devices to payment accounts more quickly (see MasterCard and 7-Eleven Launch NFC Trial).

The joint venture between Sony and NXP does not yet have a name. The companies say they will establish the venture by the middle of next year.

When incorporated into an NFC device, the combined chip will enable users traveling between Europe and Asia to take advantage of services offered on either the Mifare or FeliCa platform, explains Francesco Prato, NFC business development manager for NXP Semiconductors. The device, he says, will be able to switch between the two platforms.

"The FeliCa services are great in Japan," explains Prato, who is based in Europe but is currently in Japan on a routine business trip, "but right now, I can't use them with my [Mifare-based] phone."

London commuters use the Oyster card to pay mass-transit fares. The card utilizes the Mifare chip to secure and process payments. In Hong Kong, commuters access a similar device, the Octopus card, which incorporates a FeliCa chip, also used widely in contactless smart-card applications in Japan and Singapore. Mobile FeliCa is a version of the chip used in mobile phones operated by FeliCa Networks, a joint venture launched by Sony and Japanese mobile phone operator DoCoMo. The IC enables consumers to use their phones to make payments on a FeliCa-supported payment infrastructure.


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Thus far, an estimated 1.2 billion Mifare chips have been shipped around the world, Prato claims, with more than 7 million Mifare-compliant reader modules sold. Current shipments of FeliCa chips stand at 170 million units, 30 million of which are used in mobile phones in Japan, according to Sony.

NXP and Sony will each continue to manufacture and sell Mifare and FeliCa chips individually. The two companies have been working together to promote NFC technology for the past two years. In cooperation with other sponsors of NFC industry-adoption group NFC Forum, they are presently developing NFC standards for chips, readers and applications (see NFC Forum Announces Technology Architecture).

[davey3] 10/1/2007 17:10

Volumes and price going up. Looks promising

[bombers] 08/1/2007 16:57

I concur, hopefully INN will do a SPA.

Hopefully volume today which may indicate overhang gone!

[handycam] 08/1/2007 16:50

A decent-looking chart.

[britishbear] 16/12/2006 22:51

Thanks for the titbit Katy. What with ADA's recent jump, the charts of ADA and INN are beginning to look rather similar.

I have INN at fair value at double these levels. I wonder if a similar takeover story is not also in the offing. Other RFID companies have been doing rather well of late.

[katylied] 16/12/2006 13:14

Today's telegraph says that according to 'chatter', a line
of stock (1.7m shares or 3.7%) was cleared out at 32p.

Hopefully, that is all the overhang gone...

[barefoot1] 15/12/2006 11:07

Whatever it is i like it.....8th on the leaderboard...i have it on the Stockchallenge so will hopefully move up a bit.....;0)

[barefoot1] 15/12/2006 11:05

Maybe there's news coming.....